You Know You're a Bookaholic.....
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| Tue, 03-21-2006 - 8:09am |
You know you're a bookaholic when...
You've figured out a way to read books in the shower without getting your book wet.
Looking at your 1000+ books in your TBR pile and thinking, "I have nothing to read!"
You pack all your books for a trip but forget your underwear.
You're packing for a romantic weekend away with significant other and you give more thought to which books to take than to which nightgown is your sexiest.
Before you buy a purse you make sure a paperback will fit inside.
You have a purse that fits one hardback, two paperbacks, and a reserve book (just in case something happens to the other three).
You put Hershey's Chocolate syrup on your sandwich instead of mustard because you're engrossed in a book.
You had your books organized via Dewey Decimal System when you were in grade school.
You put vanilla in the spaghetti sauce because you're reading at the stove.
Your twin sons' names are Rhett and Ashley.
Your significant other mutters about life in prison not being much of a deterrent to you since you'd be quite content sitting in your cell reading all day.
You call in sick so you can finish reading a book.
When you move you have more boxes labeled "books" than anything else.
The first thing anyone says when they enter your house is "have you actually read all those books?"
You plan a day of shopping around all the bookstores you want to visit.
You travel 100 miles to get good books.
You have a path because all the books are everywhere.
Your kids holler from the other room with something they consider a dire emergency, and you say, "Wait until I finish this page."
You valiantly try to teach your kids "independence," which means you want them to do more household chores (so you can have more reading time).
You're sitting in the bathroom at 1:30 a.m., crying over the ending of your current read, when you know you have to be up at six to drive 150 miles and spend the day on your feet before driving back.
You read at red lights and get honked at because you were so engrossed that you didn't notice the light had turned green.
It's 2am and you think "just another chapter" and do the same thing at 3am when you know you have to get up in 4 hours and work.
You deliberately get to the bus/train station early, or even worse, just miss the bus/train so that you have more reading time.
Your significant other runs into the room to make sure you're alright because he heard you wailing so hard over a sad read he thought you were dying.
You try reading and walking at the same time.
You don't really mind if you get stranded anywhere as long as you have enough books while you're there.
You start fabricating excuses as to why you can't go out with your friends when you're in the middle of a great book.
You dash out and sit in the park and read during your lunch hour (or sneak in a few chapters at your desk).
You can always find some money to buy another book even if you can't afford to buy anything else.
Your eyesight goes from 20-20 to legally blind because of reading in poor light.
You get a friend or relative hooked on romance so you'll have another place to get books, but unfortunately it doesn't work quite right and they start borrowing from you.
You start up conversations with people in the bookstore who just look like they're dying to read a good romance but are having a hard time finding one.
When you keep a spare book or two in your desk at work, just in case you forget yours at home.
You panic when you only see ten new books out on the shelves at your local bookstore when you know it should be at least twenty.
Scouring the papers for any library booksales or garage sales with 'books' in the text.
As I'm sitting here, laughing, reading and realizing that you all are talking about me behind my back. . . tee hee heee heeee. . . .And thinking. . . looking forward to payday so I can put buying books into my budget and pushing a bill back just a couple of days.
You try to sneak in a paragraph everytime your web browser loads a new page.
You name your children from characters you've read in books.


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So should I admit that I've called in so I can sit and read a really good book all day? ;)
LOL, thanks Maggie!
Here's the one that made me blush in recognition:
You start fabricating excuses as to why you can't go out with your friends when you're in the middle of a great book.
I actually do a few of these! LOL!
1.You're packing for a romantic weekend away with significant other and you give more thought to which books to take than to which nightgown is your sexiest. (on the trip to meet my darling in person for the first time I swear I had more books in my luggage than anything else!)
2. Before you buy a purse you make sure a paperback will fit inside. (Last 4 or 5 purses I've bought I've actually checked to be sure a book would fit in it and be easily accessible)
3. You plan a day of shopping around all the bookstores you want to visit. ( am always trying to convince my sweetie to stop at any bookstore we pass while out shopping. I will even pick stores I KNOW are close to the bookstores so he's more likely to say yes when we're right near by)
4. It's 2am and you think "just another chapter" and do the same thing at 3am when you know you have to get up in 4 hours and work. (I've done this more times that I can count)
5. You deliberately get to the bus/train station early, or even worse, just miss the bus/train so that you have more reading time. (And airports too!)
6. You try reading and walking at the same time. (I did this ALL the time when I was a little girl! It drove my daddy crazy and he was an avid reader himself. He was more concerned I'd walk into something or someone)
7. You dash out and sit in the park and read during your lunch hour (or sneak in a few chapters at your desk). I carry a book in my apron at work on slow days so I can grab a chapter here and there.
8. Scouring the papers for any library booksales or garage sales with 'books' in the text. (Guilty!)
9. You try to sneak in a paragraph everytime your web browser loads a new page. (I do this while doing homework online. Or I will force myself to finish an exercise in my workbook and then I can read another chapter in my "fun" book)
ROTFLMAO!!! Those are great, Maggie! And so true! You know you're a bookaholic when at work all you can think about is the book you're currently reading and the anticipation of getting your hands on it again.
Donna
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